I12DT: I Tear Secrets From Your Yielding Flesh

Up until recently maintained as a museum, the childhood home of the Braddock family has been pressed into service as additional housing and classroom space for the Institute. Additionally, the increased demands have led to the main ballroom being converted into a cafeteria for both the Institute and those University students on a meal plan. Student reactions have been mixed, and reports of paranormal activity are as of yet unsubstantiated.

I12DT: I Tear Secrets From Your Yielding Flesh

Postby Regan Rourke » Fri Jul 19, 2013 9:42 pm

All around the manor, posters from "The Literature Club" for "Literary History Month" had appeared. Each one features a short biography on "Vita Sackville-West" accompanied by a bit of verse:

She was wearing the coral taffeta trousers
Someone had brought her from Ispahan,
And the little gold coat with pomegranate blossoms,
And the coral-hafted feather fan;
But she ran down a Kentish lane in the moonlight,
And skipped in the pool of the moon as she ran.

She cared not a rap for all the big planets,
For Betelgeuse or Aldebaran,
And all the big planets cared nothing for her,
That small impertinent charlatan;
But she climbed on a Kentish stile in the moonlight,
And laughed at the sky through the sticks of her fan.


The fact that they were all done in ghost poster board and paints gave a clue to the author.
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Postby Aisha Khan » Sat Jul 20, 2013 12:09 am

Aisha stood in front of the poster, reading it curiously.
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Re: I12DT: I Tear Secrets From Your Yielding Flesh

Postby Roland Sackville » Sat Jul 20, 2013 12:59 pm

"If they weren't in ghost-paint, I would have suspected this to be the work of Ms. Bludwynd."
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Postby Aisha Khan » Sat Jul 20, 2013 10:53 pm

"Is she a relative of your's?" Aisha asked.
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Postby Roland Sackville » Sun Jul 21, 2013 4:36 pm

"Ms. Bloodwynd? No, not at all," Roland said, intentionally missing the point.
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Postby Aisha Khan » Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:19 am

"No, Vita Sackville-West." Aisha said
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Postby Roland Sackville » Mon Jul 22, 2013 5:44 pm

"Perhaps, distantly -- it's not the most common name in the world, certainly."
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Postby Aisha Khan » Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:20 am

"Yeah, and you probably have a lot of descendents that you don't even know about."
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Postby Roland Sackville » Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:44 pm

"Why, you could even be one, you know."
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Postby Aisha Khan » Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:53 pm

"Its possible." Aisha said "Not likely, unless you made it to India, but possible."
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Re: I12DT: I Tear Secrets From Your Yielding Flesh

Postby Roland Sackville » Wed Jul 24, 2013 12:12 am

"Oh, I spent some time in the Orient AND India. I've been around almost every place you can think of."
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Postby Aisha Khan » Wed Jul 24, 2013 12:55 am

"Really? When were you there?"
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Re: I12DT: I Tear Secrets From Your Yielding Flesh

Postby Roland Sackville » Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:11 am

"Oh, geez...let's see, that'd be...3800 in the Kali Yuga? Somewhere thereabouts?"
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Postby Aisha Khan » Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:28 am

"Aaaand that date means nothing to me." Aisha said.
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Postby Roland Sackville » Wed Jul 24, 2013 2:07 am

"You'll have to forgive me, I'm no good at converting calenders. Umm..."
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Postby Aisha Khan » Wed Jul 24, 2013 2:58 am

"Its ok." Aisha said "I can google it later."
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Postby Roland Sackville » Wed Jul 24, 2013 3:03 am

Roland looked blankly at her.
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Postby Aisha Khan » Wed Jul 24, 2013 3:07 am

"I can look it up, on the internet." Aisha said
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Postby Roland Sackville » Wed Jul 24, 2013 3:11 pm

"The internet has a calender, now?"
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Postby Aisha Khan » Wed Jul 24, 2013 5:02 pm

"There are a bunch of web pages that will do date conversions." Aisha said, trying to be patient "Or that list the equivalent dates."
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Postby Roland Sackville » Wed Jul 24, 2013 5:04 pm

"Huh. I should check that out. 'Google', you said?"
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Re: I12DT: I Tear Secrets From Your Yielding Flesh

Postby Aisha Khan » Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:10 am

"Google is a search engine, thats a computer program that comes up with a list of websites that might have the information you are looking for." Aisha said, trying to be helpful.
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Re: I12DT: I Tear Secrets From Your Yielding Flesh

Postby Roland Sackville » Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:24 am

"Yes, I can see how that would be helpful. Is it a combustion engine?"
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Re: I12DT: I Tear Secrets From Your Yielding Flesh

Postby Aisha Khan » Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:47 am

".....no...." Aisha said "That is just what that kind of program is called. Its not a mechanical thing."
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Postby Roland Sackville » Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:52 am

"Then why call it that?"
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Re: I12DT: I Tear Secrets From Your Yielding Flesh

Postby Aisha Khan » Thu Jul 25, 2013 2:15 am

"I'm not sure." Aisha said "Probably someone trying to come up with a clever name."
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Postby Roland Sackville » Thu Jul 25, 2013 2:17 am

"Too-clever people. That's been the bane of my existance, you know. Especially with computers. Engines, windows, desktops, apples -- nothing's what they say it is."
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Postby Aisha Khan » Thu Jul 25, 2013 2:37 am

"Desktops are." Aisha says "It means a computer small enough to fit on a desktop, instead of one that fills a room." she paused "And Apple is just the name of the company."
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Re: I12DT: I Tear Secrets From Your Yielding Flesh

Postby Roland Sackville » Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:00 am

"I thought a desktop was the screen thingy?"
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Postby Aisha Khan » Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:04 am

"Now the screen and the keyboard sit on the desk, and the computer is next to it, or something." Aisha said "But back in the old days, it was all one unit."
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Postby Roland Sackville » Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:11 pm

"You're lecturing me about the old days?" Roland said, raising an eyebrow.
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Re: I12DT: I Tear Secrets From Your Yielding Flesh

Postby Aisha Khan » Thu Jul 25, 2013 4:04 pm

"Well, kinda." Aisha said "You must not have been paying much attention to new technology then, or you'd remember."
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Postby Roland Sackville » Thu Jul 25, 2013 4:25 pm

"I know all about new technology! Pistons and gas and radar and rockets and whatnot."
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Postby Aisha Khan » Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:26 pm

"I was thinking of um, newer new technology."
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Postby Roland Sackville » Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:46 pm

"Like the microwave?"
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Re: I12DT: I Tear Secrets From Your Yielding Flesh

Postby Aisha Khan » Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:49 pm

"That era, anyway." Aisha said
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Re: I12DT: I Tear Secrets From Your Yielding Flesh

Postby Roland Sackville » Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:52 pm

"You're calling that short period of time an "era"?"
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Re: I12DT: I Tear Secrets From Your Yielding Flesh

Postby Aisha Khan » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:12 pm

"....yeah....I'm pretty sure most people do."
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Re: I12DT: I Tear Secrets From Your Yielding Flesh

Postby Roland Sackville » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:15 pm

"No, the Napoleonic era was an era."
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Re: I12DT: I Tear Secrets From Your Yielding Flesh

Postby Aisha Khan » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:31 pm

"And the post-WWII era was also an era."
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